Myra Melford Fire & Water Quintet at Joe Henderson Lab, November 6, 2022

SFJAZZ presents Myra Melford Fire & Water Quintet
Joe Henderson Lab
SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
6:00 PM, Sunday, November 6, 2022

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[5:59 PM] {lights down, announcements, performers out}

1. [6:01 PM] ? (unidentified #1) § »
2. [6:07 PM] ? (unidentified #2) † »
3. [6:14 PM] ? (unidentified #3) § »
4. [6:23 PM] ? (unidentified #4) †
   [6:29 PM] {MM introduces the band}
5. [6:31 PM] ? (MM working title “3A”) † »
6. [6:45 PM] ? (MM working title “3B”) §
   [6:53 PM] {MM: that's it for the early show, thanks for coming, buy a CD!}

• Mary Halvorson: guitar;
• Ingrid Laubrock: § soprano saxophone, † tenor saxophone;
• Myra Melford: piano;
• Lesley Mok: drums;
• Tomeka Reid: cello.

A good set, if a little bit short. I was nervous about getting to the next show, so stopping early helped with that. Gotta balance anxiety versus desire! Seemed to me like the band was still working through the material (developing comfort with it): Myra mentioned that they'll be headed to the recording studio soon.

Given that the latter part of the show was only two tunes (per Myra), it's entirely possible that the first part was not four! I based my tracking on the rearranging and/or dropping of sheet music by Myra and Susie, based on the notion that each song had a discreet sheet (some with multiple pages, one with just one).

Andrew Gilbert posted a review of the first show of the run with SFCV.

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